[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.538 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.538 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.538 - **Language:** English ### [c5.538](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.538) DUSHMANTA, DUSHYANTA. A valiant king of the Lunar race, and descended from Puru. He was husband of Sakuntalā, by whom he had a son, Bharata. The loves of Dushyanta and Sakuntalā, her separation from him, and her restoration through the discovery of his token-ring in the belly of a fish, form the plot of Kāli-dāsa’s celebrated play Sakuntalā. - [Previous: c5.537](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.537) - [Next: c5.539](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.539) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Abhijñānaśākuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.538](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.538) · Pramāṇa